British literature of the Blitz: fighting the people's war

British literature of the Blitz: fighting the people's war

Miller, Kristine A.

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British Literature of the Blitz interrogates the patriotic, utopian ideal of the Peopleb s War by analyzing conflicted representations of class and gender in literature and film. Its subtitle b Fighting the Peopleb s War b describes how British citizens both united to fight Nazi Germany and questioned the nationalist ideology binding them together. ÍNDICE: - Contents - List of illustrations - Acknowledgements - Introduction: Fighting the People's War - Mobile Women in Elizabeth Bowen's War Writing - Immobile Women in Rosamond Lehmann's War Writing - Real Men in Henry Green'sWar Writing - No Escape in the Detective and Spy Fiction of Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham and Graham Greene - The Film-Minded Public - Bibliography - Index -

  • ISBN: 978-0-230-57365-9
  • Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 240
  • Fecha Publicación: 12/12/2008
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés